The Rabbit Hole Detectives

History Podcasts

Join Reverend Richard Coles, Dr Cat Jarman and Charles Spencer as they chase the provenance of historical objects both real and metaphorical

Episodes

A Game of Hnefatafl

Caught Out by a Block of Cheese

The Overweight Pom

Blowing Up Rubber Tanks

Selling Warming Pans to the West Indies

A Spartan Stag Do

Celebrating 100 Rabbit Holes

Extending the English Vocabulary Through Nastiness

A Hierarchy of Vegetables

The Most Wounded Survivor of Waterloo

The Fear of Having Peanut Butter Stuck to the Roof of Your Mouth

The Conspiracy that Birds Aren’t Real

The Rabbit Hole Detectives LIVE BONUS EPISODE: Bringing Down Margaret Thatcher with Pop Music

The Ceremony of the Christmas Cheeses

The Rabbit Hole Detectives BONUS EPISODE: Richard Returns from the Jungle

A Parson Who Kept Snakes in his Pockets

Barry White of Beckton

Stamped on the Bomb with her Dance Shoe

The Rabbit Hole Detectives BONUS EPISODE: Richard Enters the Jungle

The Longest Jump in a Stretch Limousine